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[MisterHero]

Solidus Snake, Michael Wilson, Mike Haggar, and the President from Saints Row IV.

Ronald Reagan from Bad Dudes

 

[Red Arremer]

It's the dumb "Snake doesn't deserve to be in Smash" argument from pre-Brawl

Yeah, but Ryu is an even bigger icon than Snake.

 

[Moonlight]

Swords are cool. It's when they all use the sword in the exact same way with the exact same move set that it gets boring. Oh wait, Roy's sword can sometimes sorta be on fire or explode during an attack. Completely different character.

To be fair, that made me completely convinced Roy was the best character in the game for a while when I first played Melee. Look at how strong the move is when it hits!

 

[Boss Doggie]

Nah Pikachu should be the statue of liberty

wait what

 

[Neiteio]

Nah Pikachu should be the statue of liberty

wait what

They should make an amiibo the Statue of Liberty

The poetic irony is amiibo don't free us, they enslave us all

 

[Finale Fireworker]

To be fair, that made me completely convinced Roy was the best character in the game for a while when I first played Melee. Look at how strong the move is when it hits!

This was common with younger players.

 

[Village]

Fatal fury is one of the most important fighting games in videogame history tho, and SNK rep is a must if you're going for Fighting game mt. Rushmore, Tekken repping 3d fighting games is good enough and the perfect 3d game rep. Ryu personifies the inception of fighting games and scorpion the creation of digitized actors and hyper violent fighting games.

Ehhhhhh......

Spoiler

Same response for SNK's entire catelog

 

[PSqueak]

No, it'd be like saying Theodore Roosevelt should be on the actual Mt. Rushmoore. Work on Mount Rushmoore started less than two decades after he ended his presidency.

Teddy Roosevelt was president only 16 years before the completion of Mt. Rushmore. Bill Clinton was president 16 years ago today.

Oh, had no idea (not american), i always placed Roosevelt further back in history than he really was, my bad.

 

[Linkstrikesback]

Do you even understand what a Mt. Rushmore represents? It's the most popular people in a group. So yeah, generations upon generations knowing who the characters are is pretty important to them being on the Mt. Rushmore of whatever you're talking about.

Mega Man would most likely win over Ryu by the sheer fact that he was the main/title character of his game.

Ok. So you want me to believe that megaman is more influential than a game series that defined an entire genre, despite doing nothing of the kind (the 2d side scroller already being very well developed by the time megaman dropped), and having less sales, all because he was the title character?

To be blunt: You're going to have to come up with a better justification than that.

All of this is pointless arguing anyway, if you were going to pick 4 characters as most recognisable, it would probably be mario, sonic, pikachu and probably pac man. Certainly not megaman.

 

[Regulus Tera]

Mt. Rushmore has a "history" thing going on it tho, so saying that pikachu should be in it is like saying they should put Bill Clinton on the actual Mt. Rushmore.

Mt Rushmore was established in 1925. Roosevelt's presidency ended in 1909.

It's been fifteen years since Clinton left office.

 

[ffdgh]

To be fair, that made me completely convinced Roy was the best character in the game for a while when I first played Melee. Look at how strong the move is when it hits!

Who wouldn't wan't this power?

 

[Out_Of_Ammo]

Yeah, but Ryu is an even bigger icon than Snake.

With a far bigger presence on Nintendo platforms to boot.

 

[PadWarrior]

We are know jago needs to be in mt Rushmore

 

[Azure J]

Swords are cool. It's when they all use the sword in the exact same way with the exact same move set that it gets boring. Oh wait, Roy's sword can sometimes sorta be on fire or explode during an attack. Completely different character.

For real, if Sakurai is going to keep the FE squad like this for the series for ever and ever, he needs to heavily redo the Marth offspring. That is honestly the most disappointing thing about the selection for team FE in my opinion.

 

[Boss Doggie]

Then who is the video game equivalent of the Lincoln Memorial

 

[MisterHero]

We are know jago needs to be in mt Rushmore

Jago is the Thomas Jefforson of fighting games

Then who is the video game equivalent of the Lincoln Memorial

Pikachu. He gave the N64 and Gameboy entire 2nd lives

he saved us all

 

[SporeCrawler]

It's the dumb "Snake doesn't deserve to be in Smash" argument from pre-Brawl

man sonic at this point was in soo many bad games in the recent years.. id argue the same with pacman sans the championship edition.

 

[Village]

Chun Li would've been a better addition tbh.

( you aren't wrong)

 

[Ryce]

We've gone so mad with hype that we're arguing about Mt. Rushmore. I love GAF.

 

[Finale Fireworker]

Here's the thing about Mt. Rushmore: it doesn't exist. Such a construction would he preposterous in the real world. Can we get serious here?

 

[PadWarrior]

Jago is the Thomas Jefforson of fighting games

Nice! Lol

 

[Baron von Loathsome]

We are know jago needs to be in mt Rushmore

Imagine that Fulgore could've been in Smash Bros. if Yamamuchi and Rare had come to an agreement.

 

[Linkstrikesback]

Now that this is confirmed , I wonder if this will happen too, but on wii u of course

No joke, I initially thought this was what that reggie vs iwata fighting thing was at the start of last years E3 direct, haha. I was a little upset when it became obvious it was smash.

 

[Moonlight]

For real, if Sakurai is going to keep the FE squad like this for the series for ever and ever, he needs to heavily redo the Marth offspring. That is honestly the most disappointing thing about the selection for team FE in my opinion.

I'm still legit salty that Lucina is literally just 'Marth except worse'.

 

[Neiteio]

Then who is the video game equivalent of the Lincoln Memorial

Isn't that the statue they made after that one character in Code Name: STEAM?

 

[Fandangox]

Are the Mt. Rushmore comparisons going to become a thing now or

 

[PSqueak]

Then who is the video game equivalent of the Lincoln Memorial

Bomberman, cowardly assasinated by the dastardly Konami.

 

[PadWarrior]

Imagine that Fulgore could've been in Smash Bros. if Yamamuchi and Rare had come to an agreement.

Yea I would have liked that he was always one of my favorite designs

 

[Azure J]

We've gone so mad with hype that we're arguing about Mt. Rushmore. I love GAF.

It's reminiscent of some of the better parts of the PoTD threads. :lol

 

[kunonabi]

With a far bigger presence on Nintendo platforms to boot.

Which is sad since since his presence on Nintendo platforms is minimal and practically non-existent at this point. Both Snake and Ryu aren't really appropriate fits especially not with Simon Belmont and a SquareEnix rep still missing.


Still better than freaking Rayman or another damn pokemon.

 

[Red Arremer]

For real, if Sakurai is going to keep the FE squad like this for the series for ever and ever, he needs to heavily redo the Marth offspring. That is honestly the most disappointing thing about the selection for team FE in my opinion.

Yeah, that's why I was so upset when hearing about Roy's files in the game. At this point I kinda gave into resignation, but still. I think I would be less offended if Lucina wasn't in the starting roster and an alt costume like she was originally intended to be.
We have 3 characters with practically identical movesets, from the same series. A series that is well known for its variety of character archetypes. Yet the 5 characters we get all are sword users, and only one of those 5 is actually using other means of attacks (magic).

Where's the polearms, axes, daggers, pure magical attacks/wands?

 

[Boney]

Who wouldn't wan't this power?

I love this so much.

 

[Boss Doggie]

We've gone so mad with hype that we're arguing about Mt. Rushmore. I love GAF.

I remember last year back during daily pics, there was an update that was so late that the thread spiraled out of control and everyone was asking other poster's age that mods had to lock it until update.

Isn't that the statue they made after that one character in Code Name: STEAM?

that was cyborg lincoln tho!

 

[Acerac]

Wow, people are upset about Ryu making it? He makes far more sense than Solid Snake from last gen...

 

[Finale Fireworker]

I remember last year back during daily pics, there was an update that was so late that the thread spiraled out of control and everyone was asking other poster's age that mods had to lock it until update.

"Here's your dumb picture."

 

[Regulus Tera]

Yeah, that's why I was so upset when hearing about Roy's files in the game. At this point I kinda gave into resignation, but still.
We have 3 characters with practically identical movesets, from the same series.

I think I would be less offended if Lucina wasn't in the starting roster and an alt costume like she was originally intended to be.

It's like Smash Bros. has finally become a real fighting game!

 

[Nvzman]

man sonic at this point was in soo many bad games in the recent years.. id argue the same with pacman sans the championship edition.

Sonic Boom is one game.
Sonic Colors and Generations (both released within the past five years) are amazing.
I don't think that's "soooo many".

 

[Toxi]

Do you think Ryu's Focus Attack is a special or his forward smash?

Here's the thing about Mt. Rushmore: it doesn't exist. Such a construction would he preposterous in the real world. Can we get serious here?

Yep. The thing we call Mt. Rushmoore is actually a highly-detailed cardboard cutout set up by the La Li Lu Le Lo.

 

[MisterHero]

Bomberman, cowardly assasinated by the dastardly Konami.

Sic semper explodus

Do you think Ryu's Focus Attack is a special or his forward smash?

I think it's probably a Shield Breaker

We have too many counters already

 

[PSqueak]

It's like Smash Bros. has finally become a real fighting game!

Bravo.

 

[Puruzi]

Do you think Ryu's Focus Attack is a special or his forward smash?

It's probably his Down B

 

[Neiteio]

I remember last year back during daily pics, there was an update that was so late that the thread spiraled out of control and everyone was asking other poster's age that mods had to lock it until update.

wat kind of underwear r u wearing rite now

im wearing lacy spongebob panties

 

[Jotamide]

How on Earth is Ryu the boring one here?

Gaf confuses me sometimes.

Dafuq. I think the opposite. How is Ryu boring but FE clone Roy isn't.

Completely new character is more boring than a clone?

Roy is a returning character. Sakurai said he would bring back some old characters and if I were to pick anyone from the previous SSB series to bring back, it would have been him.

For Ryu however, he is a new addition to the roster. So on top of the bazillions SF and Capcom cross-over games where I can use it to beat my opponent, now Smash too? Pffft. Gimme the Chorus Boys from Rhythm Heaven or someone who can bring something exciting to the table.

 

[Ryce]

Both Snake and Ryu aren't really appropriate fits especially not with Simon Belmont and a SquareEnix rep still missing.

Street Fighter II on SNES was far more successful than all of the Simon-led Castlevania games combined.

 

[OminousShadow]

Good god that Ryu stage theme. I'm not worthy.

 

[Azure J]

I'm still legit salty that Lucina is literally just 'Marth except worse'.

"Oh but guys, she totally has reduced landing lag! She totally has a lot more knockback on everything! She looks like Melee Marth! Best girl. RIP Marth. They should have replaced Marth."

Funny how that all worked out.

 

[Ōkami]

I'm honestly more surprised about the Akira Mii costumes hopefully we can get more Mii costumes of other Capcom, Namco and Sega properties.

Tales of, Tekken, Darkstalkers, Final Fight, hell even Shenmue, it could get pretty crazy.

I guess M rated franchises aren't possible, otherwise Resident Evil and Splatterhouse could be great too.

 

[Boss Doggie]

Bomberman, cowardly assasinated by the dastardly Konami.

Konami was Confederate?

 

[stan423321]

Who wouldn't wan't this power?

Well, at least we got chicken.

 

[Out_Of_Ammo]

wat kind of underwear r u wearing rite now

im wearing lacy spongebob panties

L-lewd.